Re: [PATCH] Remove process freezer from suspend to RAM pathway

[Rafael J. Wysocki]

On Sunday, 8 July 2007 07:14, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
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> 
> I just think that the freezer approach, as it is, is backward. We can't
> have a 3rd party try to discriminate what to freeze and what not, it
> will always get something wrong, and in some cases with the wrong timing
> or ordering.

Nice discussion, except for one thing: the freezer doesn't decide what to
freeze.  For example, even right now kernel threads decide if they want to be
frozen.

Greetings,
Rafael


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